Executive Board Meeting Minutes — January 31, 2022

Call to Order #

The meeting was called to order at 8:00pm.

Executive Board members in attendance:

Members in attendance:

Spanish Translation of Cardinal Courier and PTA meetings (Jackie & Christian)
- Short term: working with Andrea and colleagues to translate written and verbal PTA information for school families
- Long term: coordinating with Kendra at CCPTA for translation options
Fairlington 5k date to change (edited post meeting: new date is May 7, 2022)
CCPTA meeting occur monthly on Mondays; Jackie to forward information to interested parties
Continued work and communication on school garden, specifically seeking donations from local businesses (Sharon)
Budget review was conducted to inform members remaining budget to be spent; fundraising efforts to occur including Boon Supply, Read-a-Thon (edited post meeting: Jackie to communicate with Clare Rosenberg to coordinate these efforts)
Teacher Appreciation committee to convene and plan future events-both weekly/consistent and special events (Ashley & Meredith)
Items from Amazon wishlist for the school to be delivered on Wednesday February 2 (Jackie & Sara)
Crossing Guard Appreciation week is February 7-11, Sharon to organize acknowledgement of this event
Sign-up genius to be published for Winter Wonderland in the next Cardinal Courier
Spiritwear - this item is outstanding, possible ways to address this are through Custom Ink and Memberhub
Nominating Committee to be convened for nomination of next year’s PTA board
Memorial bench for Andrew Vitols, former PTA officer (TBD)

February
- Present results of PTA survey
- Mid-year updates from PTA & and Mr. Horak and administration
March (tentative)
- Presentation from Educational Connections
April (tentative)
- Invitation extended to Christina Diaz-Torres